Wonderful Old Carved Balancing Man unusual napkin rings which someone else scooped up

which someone else scooped up before I could

at the end of his book

these were dyed and may once have been a brighter yellow

on lined paper with a scalloped left edge

Wonderful Old Carved Balancing Man unusual napkin rings which someone else scooped upI love this one so much, including for the fact that it feels pretty existential to me, with this carved, jointed figure suspended forever at the center of this long arching twig, weighted with chunks of wood at either end. I think perhaps the game is to find the exact position of the figure that will counterweight the wooden bits on the ends and allow him to balance in the air while they sit flush to the surface of a table, but really there are sorts